Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-05-25

part of town. Apply to r. G.. Eckert.
High pressure quality, and low pres
sure prices, at Wood & Vincent's. 81
Mrs. ]. w. McNeal started Monday
with the babies on visit 20 Junction
City, Kansas.
Hats for young men, old men and
boys, soft, stiff or straw at Standiford,
YOumans & Eldred's. so
have $4,000 to loan from to 6
months time, at low rate.
52-t2 .. c. EwART.
The new version of "Come where the
lilies bloom" is, ''Come where the bar
gains BOOM" at Wood Il Vincent's. 81
After tomorrow, May 26th, the
INDEX may be found in its new Office,
on East Kansas avenue, two doors east
of the postoffice.
S. T. Dickerson has located here in
the real estate business. He will come
as near corralling the Hoosiers as any
man in the county.
All persons indebted to John S. Flem-
ing are notified that he has placed his
accounts in the hands of w. III. Nc
Cague, for collection. AZ
For Rent-A house of rooms; north
end of town; newly painted, inside and
out; newly papered; price Sst per
month. Inquire at this Office. 81
At the meeting held for election Of
trustee of the NJ. E. church, the follow
ing persons were elected DR.. w. IL.
Moore, w. w. Cook, z. A. Simmons,
ID. j. Aber and j. G.. Adel.
Wichita does not buy groceries any
cheaper than StandIford, YOumans d
Eldred buy. They are now making a
speciality of jobblng, and are supplying
a majority of the small stores in the
county. 81
1t is understood that there is a deal
on foot by which the Richards 81 Rog-
ers ranch and stock, 1.-THE old Standiford
s. Youmans property south of this
city miles, is about to be traded for
Wichita real estate.
In view OF the large number of dogs
going mad this spring, it is best not to
have too many computations for fear
of killing dog that is not mad. 1t is
safer to take the chances on a mad
owner than on a mad dog.
We are now handling the HaZelton
ROller-Mills Flour, in all grades, from
81 to 81 so per sack, which we warrant
to be equal, if not superior to any flour
sold. Try sack on our recommends
ton. w. NJ. Wheeler. so
Judge Lake was here from Lake City
Monday to arrange for receiving % car
loads of lumber that he purchased last
week at Atchison. He will open lum-
Der yard in his town at once. His first
installment will amount to 800 wagon
loads and all of it will go from this
city.
There was birthday party at the
residence of Mr.. Eli. Simmons last
Thursday evening, the occasion being
the celebration of the birthday of Will
lie Simmons, aged years, and also the
birthday of Carrie May Mcfarland,
aged years. There was quite crowd
of little folks present, and all were de-
lightfully entertained. The refresh
ments were elegant.
Every field of alfalfa sown in Barber
county has produced excellent crops.
Last year, when some people thought
the season was dry, five crops of al
falfa were cut from every field sown in
this valuable grass in Barber county.
1t is easily cured and, when stacked
properly, will remain sweet and nutri-
tious for several years. An evidence
of the faith that those who have tried
alfalfa have in it, is shown by their in
creaslng the acreage this year. No
less than a hundred bushels of seed
was sold by one firm in this city.
The Cakes Swiss Bell Ringers will
be here Friday night, May 9th, in the
Sherlock-Mills opera house. Many of
our people have heard this remarkable
troupe of musicians. To such, it is
only necessary to state that the COM
pany is better this season than ever
before. 1t has maintained popular fea-
lures of the past and added hundred
new ones. Harry Fades, the great IA
cial autocrat, is along in all bis glory.
Cowles, the Yankee comedian, will also
be here. This company deserves full
house. Tickets at the postofIice.
The company that is booming the
new town of Barber, eleven miles south
of this place, is composed of j. w. Nc
Neal, president of the Citizens Nation
al bank, of this city; Capt. John Rogers,
county treasurer; II. S. Lands, county
superintendent; CT Skeen, &. D. New
kirk, s. ii. Julian, u. T. L. Burns and
Eli Harbaugh, prominent farmers in
the vicinity Of the new town, and &. A.
Decatur, of Kiowa. The town is laid
off on forty acres of land purchased of
J. w. McNeal, and is elegantly located.
If a road is built from Medicine Lodge
to Klowa, it must pass through or near
Barber.
a. G. Bender is up from Alpine, No
Man's-Land, attending to some unset
tied business here. Among other sup
plies he laid in while here was a lot of
marriage certificates which he expects
to use, he being an ordained minister
of the gospel. He has already perform
ed the ceremony for three couples and
others have expressed a desire to Sc
cure his service. No-Nan's-Land has
no laws or courts of record, and there
is no place to record marriages; but,
the young people there want to get
married just the same as if they were
living in the most civilized country on
the ClOhp and Elder Render is not the